Mumbai: NCB's Sameer Wankhede, 11 Maharashtra cops get Home Minister's medal for excellence in investigation

As many as 152 police officers in the country have been conferred with the 'Union Home Minister's Medal for Excellence in Investigation' for 2021 for their high professional standards of investigation of crime.

Among the personnel receiving these awards, 15 are from the CBI, 11 each from Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra Police, 10 from Uttar Pradesh, nine from Kerala and Rajasthan, eight from Tamil Nadu, seven from Bihar, six each from Gujarat, Karnataka and Delhi Police.

NCB's Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede is also among the list of awardees.

Five police officers are Telangana, four each from Assam, Haryana, Odisha and West Bengal while the remaining are from the other states and UTs, as per the statement.

The Union Home Ministry, in a statement, said the awardees include 28 women police officials from across the country.

This medal was constituted in 2018 with the objective to promote high professional standards of investigation of crime and to recognise such excellence in an investigation by investigating officers.

The 'Union Home Minister's Medal for Excellence in Investigation' for 2021 has been awarded to 152 police personnel, the statement said on Thursday.

Full list:

Shri Samineni Anthony Raj, Insp Andhra Pradesh

Shri B Suresh Babu, CI Andhra Pradesh

Shri K.V.V.N.V. Prasad, SDPO Andhra Pradesh

Shri T Madhu, CI Andhra Pradesh

Shri K Ravi Manohara Chary, SDPO Andhra Pradesh

Shri M. Harsha Vardhan, Addl.DCP Arunachal Pradesh

Shri Bibekanand Das, SSP Assam

Dr. Rashmi Rekha Sarmah, DySP Assam

Shri Sukumar Sinha, Insp Assam

Shri Dipankar Gogoi, SI Assam

Smt Nitasha Guria, SSP Bihar

Shri Babu Ram, SSP Bihar

Shri Hari Prasath S., SP Bihar

Shri Nilesh Kumar, SP Bihar

Shri Yogendra Kumar, SP Bihar

Shri Ugranath Jha, Insp Bihar

Shri Md. Neyaz Ahmad, CI Bihar

Shri Rajeev Sharma, DSP Chhattisgarh

Ms. Indira Vaishnava, SI Chhattisgarh

Smt. Indu Sharma, ASI Chhattisgarh

Smt. Ezilda D’Souza, Dy.SP Goa

Shri Nitesh Pandey, ASP Gujarat

Shri Vidhi Somdutt Choudhary, DCP Gujarat

Shri Mahendra Laxman Bhai Salunke, PI Gujarat

Shri Mangubhai Vithalbhai Tadvi, PI Gujarat

Shri Darshansinh Bhagavatsinh Barad, PI Gujarat

Shri A Y Baloch, PI Gujarat

Shri Aman Kumar, Insp Haryana

Shri Amit Dahiya, DSP Haryana

Smt. Kamlesh, L/SI Haryana

Smt. Poonam Kumari, L/Insp Haryana

Smt. Kiran Bala, Insp Himachal Pradesh

Smt. Nilza Angmo, DySP J&K/Ladakh

Shri Chandra Shekhar Azad, DySP Jharkhand

Shri Shyam Kishore Mahto, Insp Jharkhand

Shri Parameshwar A. Hegde, DySP Karnataka

Shri H N Dharmendra, ACP Karnataka

Shri C Balakrishna, DySP Karnataka

Shri Manoj Hovale, PI Karnataka

Shri Devaraj T V, CPI Karnataka

Shri Shivappa Satteppa Kamatagi, PI Karnataka

Shri Sujith Das S, SP Kerala

Shri Hari Sankar, AIG Kerala

Shri A Asokan, DySP Kerala

Shri Siju B K, Insp. Kerala

Shri Alavi C, Insp. Kerala

Shri Shinto P Kurian, Insp. Kerala

Shri K J Peter, Insp. Kerala

Shri V.V. Benny, DySP Kerala

Shri P Vikraman, DySP Kerala

Shri Umesh Pratap Singh, Insp Madhya Pradesh

Shri Alok Shrivastava, Insp Madhya Pradesh

Shri Animesh Kumar Dwivedi, Insp Madhya Pradesh

Smt. Aakanksha Sahare, SI Madhya Pradesh

Shri Sunil Lata, Insp Madhya Pradesh

Shri Jitendra Singh Bhaskar, Insp Madhya Pradesh

Smt. Arti Dhurve, SI Madhya Pradesh

Shri Reval Singh Barde, Insp Madhya Pradesh

Ms Rampyari Dhurve, SI Madhya Pradesh

Ms Anju Sharma, SI Madhya Pradesh

Shri Abhay Nema, Insp Madhya Pradesh

Smt. Mamta Lawrence D’souza, Insp Maharashtra

Smt. Padmaja Amole Badhe, ACP Maharashtra

Smt. Alka Dhiraj Jadhav, API Maharashtra

Smt. Pritee Prakash Tipare, ACP Maharashtra

Shri Rahul Dhalsing Bahure, API Maharashtra

Shri Manohar Narsappa Patil, PI Maharashtra

Shri Baburao Bhauso Mahamuni, DySP Maharashtra

Shri Ajit Rajaram Tike, DySP Maharashtra

Shri Sunil Shankar Shinde, Insp Maharashtra

Shri Sunil Devidas Kadasne, SP Maharashtra

Shri Umesh Shankar Mane Patil, DySP Maharashtra

Smt. M Priyadarshini Devi W/SI Manipur

Shri Banraplang Jyrwa, DySP Meghalaya

Shri V L Chama Ralte, SI Mizoram

Shri Temsuyangba Ao, UBSI Nagaland

Shri Debendra Kumar Mallick, Insp Odisha

Shri Debendra Kumar Biswal, Insp Odisha

Shri Trupti Ranjan Nayak, SI Odisha

Shri Srikanta Sahu, SI Odisha

Shri Sandeep Goel, SSP Punjab

Shri Baljit Singh, Insp Punjab

Shri Anant Kumar, Addl.SP Rajasthan

Shri Suresh Sharma, DySP Rajasthan

Shri Anil Kumar Doriya, Insp Rajasthan

Shri Dinesh Lakhawat, Insp Rajasthan

Shri Daraja Ram, Insp Rajasthan

Shri Ashok Anjana, Insp Rajasthan

Shri Dharmendra Singh, DCP Rajasthan

Shri Arun Kumar, Insp Rajasthan

Shri Bhawani Singh, HC Rajasthan

Shri M Saravanan, Insp Tamil Nadu

Smt. A Anbarasi, W/Insp Tamil Nadu

Smt. P Kavitha, W/Insp Tamil Nadu

Shri R Jayavel, Insp Tamil Nadu

Smt. K Kalaiselvi, W/Insp Tamil Nadu

Shri G Manivannan, Insp Tamil Nadu

Shri P R Chidambaramurugesan, Insp Tamil Nadu

Smt. C Kanmani, W/Insp Tamil Nadu

Shri Nayini Bhujanga Rao, ACP Telangana

Shri Aligati Madhusudhan, DySP Telangana

Shri N Shyam Prasad Rao, ACP Telangana

Shri G. Shyam Sunder, ACP Telangana

Shri Nenavath Nagesh, SI Telangana

Smt. Rita Debnath, WSI Tripura

Smt. Neeta Rani, Insp Uttar Pradesh

Shri Mukesh Kumar Singh, Insp Uttar Pradesh

Shri Akhilesh Kumar Mishra, Insp Uttar Pradesh

Shri Ghanshyam Shukla, SI Uttar Pradesh

Shri Ashok Kumar, Insp Uttar Pradesh

Shri Sanjay Nath Tiwari, Insp Uttar Pradesh

Smt. Shweta Srivastava, ACP Uttar Pradesh

Shri Arun Kumar Pathak, Insp Uttar Pradesh

Shri Anil Kumar, SI Uttar Pradesh

Shri Ram Prakash Yadav, Insp Uttar Pradesh

Shri Pradeep Kumar, Insp Uttarakhand

Shri Sudip Kumar Das, SI West Bengal

Shri Kausikbrata Majumder, SI West Bengal

Shri Suman Sadhukhan, SI West Bengal

Shri Jitendra Prasad, SI West Bengal

Shri Krishnavijay Jayantilal Gohil, HC Dadra& N.Haveli/ Daman & Diu

Late Shri Satish Chander Sharma, Insp (Posthumously) Delhi

Shri Amaleshwar Kumar Rai, Insp Delhi

Shri Sandeep Lamba, ACP Delhi

Shri Gurmeet Singh Kataria, Insp Delhi

Shri Virender Singh, Insp Delhi

Ms. Domnica Purty, Insp Delhi

Shri Anurag Kumar, DIG NIA

Shri Amit Singh, SP NIA

Shri Rakesh Balwal, SP NIA

Shri Kanchan Mitra, DySP NIA

Shri Neeraj Sharma, Insp NIA

Shri Vijay Kumar Shukla, Addl.SP CBI

Shri Sham Datt, DySP CBI

Shri Kaushal Kishore Singh, DySP CBI

Shri Rajender Singh Gosain, DySP CBI

Shri Ananda Krishanan T P, DySP CBI

Shri Atul Hajela, DySP CBI

Shri Maharshi Ray Hajong, DySP CBI

Shri Ashutosh Kumar, DySP CBI

Shri Sardar Singh Chauhan, Insp CBI

Shri Ravinder Kumar, Insp CBI

Smt. A Bama, Insp CBI

Shri Rakesh Kumar Srivastava, Insp CBI

Shri Deepak, Insp CBI

Smt. Pachaiammal Sampath Kumar, Insp CBI

Shri Tarun Gaur, Insp CBI

Shri Sameer D Wankhede, ZD NCB

Shri Kamal Pal Singh, ZD NCB

Shri Rohit Srivastava, Supdt. NCB

Shri Latchubugatha Sanyasi Babu, IO NCB

Shri Ashish Ranjan Prasad, IO NCB

(With inputs from PTI)